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2.5usually be known asRegard or perceive as having a specified characteristic.

‘the loch is known as a dangerous area for swimming’

‘He is known for keeping a low profile and spends a lot of time in the United States.’

‘Most said they knew him as a harmless, polite and friendly man who had become a familiar figure in the area.’

‘Her friends have always known her as a madcap but her latest fund raising exploits have left them astounded.’

‘The area is known as a place to buy marijuana at all hours near a subway station.’

‘Do you want to be known as the girl that goes psycho if someone breaks up with her?’

‘Scilly is known for its flowers and each year thousands of people flock to the famous gardens on Tresco.’

‘She kept those feelings locked away though; he was known as a lady-killer for a reason.’

‘Emily is known for painting her subjects in their environment.’

‘Thai cuisine is known for its distinctive mix of sweet, sour, spicy hot, and savoury flavours.’

‘The quarter is known for its distinctive architecture and its rich history.’

‘Lane is internationally known for his groundbreaking work in the fields of biochemistry and nutrition.’

‘I hope as I go on in my career I will be known as a director who can tackle anything.’

‘He was involved in numerous projects, was an excellent teacher, and was known for his encyclopaedic knowledge.’

‘His friends know him as a workaholic with an impeccable sense of fairness and attention to detail.’

‘The area of Govan, in which the building is situated, is known for its social and spiritual deprivation.’

‘That was all before the area, rightly or wrongly, came to be known as a hard and dangerous place.’

2.6usually be known asGive (someone or something) a particular name or title.

‘the doctor was universally known as ‘Hubert’’

‘This picture is known as the wheel of life and is familiar throughout the Buddhist world.’

‘The Lighthouse Inn reactivated its working lens in 1989, and is now known as the West Dennis Light.’

‘Takeshima is the Japanese name for the islands known as Dokdo by South Koreans.’

‘Jim, as he was popularly known, belonged to an old and highly respected family in the district.’

‘She was born in New York to Greek parents and, before she got her stage name, was known as Aikaterini Hadjipateras.’

‘We certainly know that he did not use his first name Benjamin and was known as Olinde Rodrigues.’

‘The police inquiry, known as Operation Declare, should be largely complete by the late summer.’

‘I went to a very posh graduate school, affectionately known in some circles as Cambridge Community College.’

‘He does not use his title and is known by his first name at the university.’

‘In their early stages of stabilization and growth, such languages are known technically as Creoles.’

‘The scheme, in which new money is used to repay older investors, is known as a Ponzi scheme.’

‘Jerry, as he was popularly known, was a native of Cork City and had spent much of his early years in England.’

‘Maggie, as she was known to family and friends, was predeceased by her husband Jimmy.’

‘Sir Norman Foster's design for the Clyde Auditorium is universally known as the Armadillo.’

‘The disease, which does not affect humans and is not a food safety concern, is also known as sudden oak death.’

‘Jimmy, as he was known locally, was a very highly respected member of the farming community.’

‘In America, he became known by the English name given him by a teacher in grade school.’

2.7know someone/something fromBe able to distinguish one person or thing from (another)

‘you are convinced you know your own baby from any other in the world’

‘If you don't know your weeds from your plants, why not take some samples into your local garden centre for identification?’

‘Anyway, we shall all know the answer in three weeks time but my vain hope would be that someone is put in charge of the agricultural portfolio who at least knows his sheep from his goats.’

‘Even if you don't know your aft from a rudder, you and your kids can learn to sail at Colonna.’

‘But don't worry if this is your first foray into Greek cooking and you don't know your mezedes from your mezedakia.’

‘The online survey is quick and easy to fill out, and if you don't know your wallabies from your wombats there's a picture gallery to help you.’

‘Every child should be brought up to know right from wrong and to respect their peers and elders.’

‘I studied Maths for a long time. I know my rotations from my reflections.’

‘On the weight issue, and for the benefit of those that don't know their kilos from their pounds… there are 2.25 pounds to each kilo.’

‘John used to spend lengthy periods in India as a tour guide and knows his bhuna from his balti.’

‘I solicited advice from a doctor friend who knows his asthma from his tennis elbow, and who has studied many branches of medicine.’

‘Not knowing a pesade from a pirouette or a courbette from a capriole, I was seduced by the riders’ dashing livery of black boots, white tights, brown dress coat and gilded bicorn hat, and the ambiance of aristocratic Vienna.’

‘Certainly, he is a man who knows his arias from his oboes.’

‘With all the church news in the media these days, it's important to know your prelates from your pontiffs.’

‘Whether you've read the script a thousand times, or don't know your Capulets from your Montagues this show is delightful.’

‘The angel tells Mary (a woman who has known no man) that she will bear a son.’

Phrases

and one knows it

Said to emphasize that someone is well aware of a fact although they might pretend otherwise.

‘that's nonsense and you know it’

‘They're breaking the goddamn law and they know it!’

‘Oh my God, Rachael, that's not what I meant and you know it!’

‘That's a lie and you know it!’

— as we know it

As is familiar or customary in the present.

‘apocalyptic expectations, envisaging the end of the world as we know it’

‘Does the advent of downloading herald the demise of the album format as we know it - a tangible sequence of songs selected, ordered and packaged according to the intentions of the artist?’

‘We are witnessing the information revolution that will change the media as we know it.’

‘For it is clear that should these ambitious plans come to fruition, then what emerges will be nothing like a hospital as we know it.’

‘If some radical predictions come true, the office as we know it could become something of a rarity in years to come.’

‘We are just beginning to understand the legacy of pollution and toxic waste, just beginning to realize that, while the human race as we know it might be wiped out, life will resurface, life will adapt and change.’

‘If we do nothing, the world as we know it will grind to a halt.’

‘This level of remuneration did not result in the collapse of the book trade as we know it.’

‘We would like to keep the fabric of the village together, but if these schemes go ahead it will spell the end of the village as we know it.’

‘Without such pioneers putting their work into the public domain, the Internet as we know it would not exist.’

‘It's a fascinating, gritty look at the world as we know it.’

before one knows where one is (or before one knows it)

informal With baffling speed.

‘A report from an expert consultant could well be £400 to £600, there are solicitors fees and medical costs and before you know where you are it's up to £1,000.’

‘The school day flew by and before she knew it, Amy was walking home from the bus stop.’

‘By following these tips, you'll find your muscles will grow bigger and stronger before you know it.’

‘And waiting until you're a legal adult isn't so bad, you'll be one before you know it.’

‘Get in debt with your mortgage and before you know it, your nightmares will have spiralled out of control.’

‘Then, before you know it, the pavilion seats were all sold out, and it was too late.’

‘But when you're young, time seems endless and before you know it years have sped by.’

‘A week passed and before they knew it, it was time for Adam to leave.’

‘If they split up, he'll be on your doorstep before you know it.’

‘Sure, sometimes the days crawl by, but before you know it, two months will have breezed past in the blink of an eye.’

be in the know

Be aware of something known only to a few people.

‘he had a tip from a friend in the know: the horse was a cert’

‘But we don't really learn anything about how the fraud was committed, when it began, and who else was in the know apart from Mr Sullivan and Mr Myers.’

‘For those of you not hip enough to be in the know, Nu Metal is the name of a new type of ‘extreme’ music that the kids are listening to these days.’

‘In today's information-based society, there are few things more infuriating than not being in the know.’

‘But you have to be in the know to have access to the best-kept secret in showbiz.’

‘Well, I used to pride myself as being in the know but I have heard nothing about this idea.’

‘Essentially, one needs to be in the know to make the most of Berlin's nightlife.’

‘Canadian fans have been in the know about this band for years, but it's time for us to learn how to share.’

‘She had learned to appear as if she were in the know even if she was utterly lost.’

‘Speak to any number of cricketing pundits who claim to be in the know, and they will all maintain that it was Ian Chappell, and his team of the 1970s, who started the dreadful business of sledging.’

‘I figured everyone else was in the know so I didn't want to come across as an idiot by having to ask.’

be not to know

Have no way of being aware of.

‘you weren't to know he was about to die’

‘In both cases the guns were not real, and not intended for criminal use, but the officers were not to know that.’

‘Although the public was not to know it until later, the invasion was due to take place on June 5 but just as with any other event in Britain the weather played a part.’

‘However, the British were not to know just how weak he was.’

‘They were not to know that two years later, a similar fate would be visited upon them.’

‘In fact the seals and signature were forgeries, but Mr Catt was not to know that for many months.’

‘He was not to know it at the time, but the petro-chemical industry was to be his future.’

‘As things transpired they wouldn't have made it to the last eight even had they beaten Donegal but they were not to know it at the time.’

‘Mr Newton was not to know that the builder on his doorstep had a string of convictions for deception and misleading customers.’

‘She was not to know what leaving would do to my father.’

‘They were not to know that Friday would bring another day of dramatic action.’

‘If you didn't know otherwise, it would be perfectly reasonable to assume the school in question would be open to all, especially thanks to the use of the friendly words ‘junior school’.’

‘Geologists once thought that collapsing volcanoes were rare in Earth's history; now they know otherwise.’

‘Tentatively, therefore, it could be a new ‘course record’ - unless anyone knows different.’

‘To the outside world he looked like a sweet old man - but his neighbours knew otherwise.’

‘‘The council might say there are not too many accidents at the junction but we live there and know different,’ he said.’

‘I thought he was a fair driver, but now I know different.’

‘We may smile now at our erstwhile belief that the sun circles the earth rather than the other way round, or that the earth is flat, but the only reason we know different is that a scientific genius dispelled our illusions.’